Tool for removing glass and other objects from automobiles



TOOL FOR REMOVING GLASS AND OTHER OBJECTS FROM AUTOMOBILES Filed Jan. 26, 1927 e i M wil Patented Mar. 18, 1930 CLARENCE OSCAR WILLIAMS, OF EVANSV'ILLE, INDIANA TOOL FOR REMOVING GLASS AND OTHER OBJECTS FROM AUTOMOBILES Application filed January 26, 1927. Serial No. 163,680;

lVhen the glass in a door or window of an automobile becomes broken, it is liable to to fall down within the compartment of the door or of the body of the car below its previous position. If this occurs, much time and considerable difiiculty is involved in removing the broken pieces of glass.

Small objects, such as screws, nuts, metal pieces, and even cloths, drop down into the compartments in the doors and bodies of automobiles and can only be removed with diiiiculty.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved tool which will be adaptedfor quick and easy insertion into the compartment in the body or in the door of an automobile for the purpose of gripping broken pieces of glass and removing them without requiring the taking down of the door or body construction other than the removal of the top strips of the compartment. Another object is to provide a tool which will have a special magnetized hook, which may be folded out of the way when not needed for use, or projected and used to engage cloths or to attract metal articles such as screws, nuts, and the like, which have fallen into the compartments.

The tool is preferably constructed with the glass gripping device at one end and the magnetized hook at the other end so that in a single tool provision will be made for the removal of all articles which commonly have access to the compartments of the doors or bodies of automobiles. v

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. l is an inner side view of the door of an automobile, parts being broken away, illustrating the use of the tool when removing broken pieces of glass which have fallen in the compartment;

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the tool, the hook being folded;

Fig. 3 is a side view thereof; and

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section, the hook being extended.

The tool comprises duplicate strips of steel 1, 2, which are riveted together in face to face contact by rivets 3 to forma laminated flexible handle, and a foldable hook 4. which is pivoted on a rivet 5.

The strips 1, 2 being of steel and secured together in face to face contact, can flex when the tool is used as shown in Fig. 1 and thus the userv can fish around until the broken piece of glass 5 is encountered and grasped.

The tool at one end has jaws "6 which are provided'on their inner faces with teeth or are roughened as shown at 7to enable a strong bite to be exerted on opposite sides of the piece of glass 5 so that theglass cannot slide out of' position after it has been grasped by the jaws 6. The ends of the jaws diverge as shown at 8 so that'theywill readily find the edge ofthe broken piece of glass 5. The strips 1 and 2 are provided with bulged or'bo'we'd parts 9 which cause the jaws 6 to contract under considerable tension and to exert. a very strong gripping pressure on the piece of glass 5. j

As seen in Fig. 1,-there'is a relatively long section of the tool, extending from the rivet 3 to the divergent tips which can be made to straddle the broken piece of glass 5.

The bowed parts 9 may compress, if neces sary, to enable the tool to be inserted through the slot 10 at the upper end of the Window or door compartments 11. It is intended, however, that the spread between the bowed parts 9 be no greater than will permit the tool to be readily introduced through the slot 10.

At its other end, the tool has ofl'set parts 12 between which is located the foldable hook 4. When not in use this hook is folded into the space between the parts 12, but it may be extended as shown in Fig. 4 when it is neces sary to fish for a handkerchief, piece of cloth, or the like which has dropped into the compartment 11. The hook at is magnetized so that it will attract and hold small metal articles such as screws, nuts, and the like and thus they may be removed from the compartment 11.

. In Fig. 1 I have shown a door 13 of the automobile, the window opening appearing I at 14c and the upholstery on the inner face of the door being shown at 15.

What I claim is:

1. A tool adapted for grasping broken pieces of glass and withdrawing them from a limited space, comprising a pair of elongated contacting flat metal resilient strips free from each other at one end and constituting spring jaws thereat which can spread apart to grasp broken pieces of glass, said strips being riveted together at a plurality of points to aflford the requisite stillness with resiliency to enable the tool to be manipulated and yet to permit it to yield when necessary during use in a limited space, the end parts of said strips at the other end of the tool being spread or offset, and a foldable hook having one end pivoted to the said other end parts of said strips and adapted to be folded between them or to be extended in continuation of the strips for use.

2. A tool adapted for grasping broken pieces of glass and withdrawing them from a limited space, comprising a pair of elongated contacting flat metal resilient strips free from each other at one end and constituting spring jaws thereat which can spread apart to grasp broken pieces of glass, said strips being riveted together at a plurality of points to afford the requisite stiffness with resiliency to enable the tool to be manipulated and yet to permit it to yield when necessary during use in a limited space, and a foldable magnetized hook having one end pivoted between the said'other free end parts of said strips beyond the handle thereof at the other end of the tool and adapted to be folded between them or to be extended in continuation of the strips for use. r

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CLARENCE OSCAR WILLIAMS. 

